WXBB (94.7

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) is a commercial FM

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. It is branded as "''94.7 Bob FM''" and carries an adult hits format as of January 5, 2007. The station is owned by iHeartMedia. WXBB's studios are located in the Boston Store building in downtown Erie while its

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is located near Peach Street and Sesame Street south of I-90.

History

The "94.7 Bob FM" branding replaced WFGO "Froggy 94.7" on January 5, 2007. Froggy 94.7 was one of the Froggy stations that neither carried

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nor used fictitious frog-themed names for its

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s. The present-day WXBB call sign was previously assigned to what is now WSAK/WSHK in Hampton New Hampshire. WXBB can also be heard in

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, and surrounding areas. The station airs the syndicated ''Valentine In The Morning'' from

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via iHeartMedia's

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network. On March 27, 2019, Connoisseur Media announced that it would transfer WXBB along with its sister stations to iHeartMedia in exchange for WFRE and

WFMD WFMD (930 AM) is a news/ talk/sports-formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Frederick, Maryland, serving the Frederick/ Hagerstown area. WFMD is owned and operated by Connoisseur Media. Sale WFMD, along with its sister station WFRE, wer ...

in the

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market from the Aloha Station Trust. The sale closed on May 20, 2019.

References

External links

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Erie Media Blog on 94.7 FM
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